Broncos topped at home

Tyler Hillis hits a runner during Tuesday?s second half. Hillis finished with 22 points, but the Broncos lost to their guests from Community.

Community scored 16 points in the first period, as Dustin White hit for five points in the opening two minutes. Hillis put the Broncos on the board with a jumper from the paint and added a offensive rebound bucket a the 5:10 mark. Christian Edmondson connected with a 3-pointer for Community, then Matt Davis and Cole Stubblefield hit for two points each for the Broncos and Hillis added Boyd?s last bucket of the period at the 1:43 mark. Community closed out the period with back-to-back baskets for a 16-10 lead by the end of the first.

Community?s defense came up with two turnovers in the opening minutes of the second period, resulting in six unanswered points. All but four of Boyd?s 14 points in the period came from the free-throw line as the Broncos converted on 10-of-12.

Community got a big 3-point bucket from Kyle Dyer midway through the period and the Vikings added 10 more points to the board during the final three minutes of the first half for a 39-24 lead at the break.

Hillis made good on a three-point play to start Boyd off in the third period, But the Vikings ran off six straight points before Lucas Majors hit from 3-point land for the Broncos. After another six-point run by Community, Boyd scored seven unanswered points with the help of three buckets from Hillis. But by the end of the third period Community had built a 58-40 lead.

In the final period the Broncos tried to make up some ground on the Vikings with three 3-pointers, as Hillis connected for two and Davis hit for one.

The Vikings went to the charity stripe during the final four minutes of play and hit 14-of-16 down the stretch to capture the victory.

For the Broncos, Hillis hit for 22 points, Davis added 12, Majors had nine, Stubblefield added eight, Chandler and Mitchell Young had four points each and Austin Young had one point.

For the Vikings, Justin Stallings led with 24 points, followed by Josh Hull with 19 and Dustin White with 17 points.

The Broncos are scheduled to take on Eagleville tonight on the road and will be back in action at home on Saturday as Boyd celebrates homecoming against Webb.